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Donald Trump shook the international scene once again with one of his usual digital provocations.
The American president posted on Sunday on his Truth Social account an image that simulated his Wikipedia page, in which he was described as “interim president of Venezuela, in office since January 2026.”
The image, which included his official portrait and the title added alongside "45th and 47th president of the United States," contained no additional comments but unleashed a whirlwind of political and media reactions.
The post arrives just a week after the U.S. military operation in Caracas, in which special forces captured Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, transporting them to New York to face federal charges of drug trafficking and terrorism.
The vice president Delcy Rodríguez took office provisionally and reported the "kidnapping" of the Venezuelan leader, while Washington stated that it would manage a "controlled transition" before calling for elections.
According to outlets like Yahoo News and NDTV, Trump stated to Fox News that he will allow elections "eventually," but first he will "rebuild Venezuela's oil infrastructure."
He also admitted to having alerted U.S. oil companies about his plans before the attack and invited them to invest up to 100 billion dollars in the country.
The symbolic gesture of self-proclaiming as the interim leader of the oil-rich country was interpreted as an extension of his interventionist strategy: to consolidate control over Venezuela's resources while pressuring Delcy Rodríguez to cooperate with Washington.
The publication is not listed on actual Wikipedia, nor has it been recognized by any international organization, but it does reinforce the perception that Trump is willing to openly take on the role of "de facto governor" of Venezuela, a country that, according to his own words, "the United States will protect and administer until it is free again."
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